Denmark: Copenhagen to Host EWEA Offshore 2015
The world’s largest wind energy network, the European Wind Energy Association, will hold its 2015 offshore wind conference and exhibition in Copenhagen. Motivating factors for selecting Copenhagen was a strong and unified partnership behind the Danish bid as well as Denmark’s pioneering position...
New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Power the Grid
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid.
New Knowledge and Innovation Center to Strengthen Danish Offshore Wind Cluster
Denmark’s national, new knowledge and innovation centre for the offshore sector has appointed Morten Basse Jensen as Divisional Director of the sustainable energy division Offshore Renewables, which will be part of the coming, new division.
4C Offshore Releases Report on European Foundation Demand to 2023
4C Offshore has completed a 55 page forecast of foundation demand to 2023 for the main European Markets of the UK, Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium and Netherlands.
Belgium: Students Asking Offshore Wind Industry to Reconsider Approach to Employment
EUREC’s Wind Specialization Class of 2013 has released an open letter to the European Offshore Wind Industry. In their letter they wrote: The offshore wind industry has the wind behind its sails! Since 2001 with the commissioning of the first “utility-scale” offshore wind farm in Denmark to EWEA’s...
Baltic Wind Power 2013
Green World Conferences cordially invites you to join Baltic Wind Power 2013 conference and expo. This international conference will feature over 35 C-level speakers and gather wind energy executives from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, UK. The agenda will focus on...
Moventas Tests FusionDrive at Its R&D Center in Finland
Already in commercial production, FusionDrive, the market’s smartest gear and generator combination, is now proven to work well in its test field. The full load test run of FusionDrive recently started in the Moventas R&D center in Finland.
Offshore Wind Turbines Not Harmful for Shipping
Offshore wind farms under construction are not harmful to the shipping traffic, according to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in Hamburg. The BSH highlighted the harmlessness of these facilities on Monday, thus disagreeing with the earlier opinion of the agency’s spokesman.
Using Fluctuating Wind Power
Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power demand, many wind-farm managers end up wasting power-generation capacity and limiting the service life...
Call for abstracts - EWEA OFFSHORE 2013
Submission deadline: Sunday 19 May 2013 at 24:00 (midnight) Central European Time. The EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 Track Chairs have defined the session topics under which we are requesting abstracts for this conference, split along 4 key tracks. The conference will focus on topics which foster the...